Turner Sports and NBA Entertainment are beating the promotional drums for “Chutch City,” the documentary on the back-to-back Rockets championship teams that will air at 8 p.m. Monday on NBA TV. Accordingly, here are comments from assorted Turner Sports analysts on the 1993-94 and 1994-95 Rockets. Shaquille O’Neal, whose Orlando Magic team lost to the […]
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There are no off days during the conference finals, so Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson had to do some work Wednesday, opining about the Rockets-Warriors series during an ESPN conference call. Here are a few excerpts: Thoughts on the Rockets’ performance in Game 1: “I thought they played a great game. They were ready […]
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Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said today he is interested in buying all of Houston Regional Sports Network, the parent company of Comcast SportsNet Houston, and Astros owner Jim Crane said “the ball’s in his (Alexander’s) court” if he wants to make an offer. Alexander’s comments came during a brief status conference hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy […]
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By Dale Robertson Had we run our annual list of Houston’s 10 most influential sports figures a few weeks ago, it would have looked dramatically different, starting at the top. The Texans’ J. J. Watt, budding superstar/man-about-town, would have been No. 1 by a light year, not only for his extraordinary talent but also for […]
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The Rockets’ offseason plans begin with their pursuit of a top free agent, starting with Lakers center Dwight Howard, but they don’t end there. The moves they hope will come next will be a major part of their sales pitch, a person with knowledge of that part of their presentation said. The Rockets intend to […]
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Leslie Alexander will be sending out invitations for his exclusive wine club Société du Vin which is located in New York’s lavish Bridgehampton hamlet. Société du Vin opened in 2012 and stays open for about nine months out of the year. It will open on Memorial Day for the 2013 season and will be open […]
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